Duties and responsibilities for the role include, but are not limited to: Receiving, evaluating and advising on requests for occupationally focused healthcare from members of the VRF and Reserve Unit chains of command. Providing initial assessment planning, implementing and evaluating care with a high level of autonomy. Appraising and summarising patients' health care records where relevant to military employability and referring to medical colleagues where further assessment is required. Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in areas relating to occupationally focused healthcare for Reserve personnel (including occupational health and travel medicine). Please pay particular attention to the attached job description and person specification for the full list of duties before applying. Selection Process The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held a on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview. The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV/ application form. At interview, you will be tested against the following National Health Service (NHS) Knowledge and Skills Framework: NHSC1 Communication NHSC2 Personal & People Development NHSC4 Service Improvement NHSIK3 Knowledge &Info Resources Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. Additional Information Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions.Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering, or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit: All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not proof of your immunity, butyour serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn. Access to the NHS Pension Scheme is available to the successful candidate. There is no requirement to redeploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when they are based at home. The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use ofall tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments. As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK ( The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivperssgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.